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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1950
Page
4
City commissioners reviewed a residents petition to beautify the elevated water tank site at Twenty seventh and Pierce. City Manager N V Moss announced plans to convert the site into a park and expected to begin work at the earliest opportunity.
A 1950 Plymouth sedan owned by Eddie Davis Jr of 705 Adams was found stripped of tires and accessories north of Summit School in San Jacinto. Stolen from its Davis home parking area last night, the vehicle was discovered about 3 AM by a night watchman.
Mrs. T. H. Farrell aged about 80 of 1309 Jefferson sustained a broken wrist and facial injuries from a fall at her residence yesterday. She intended to visit her husband, who fractured a leg in a fall roughly a month earlier, at Northwest Texas Hospital.
Rasco describes a chaotic day in Tokyo chasing travel clearance and air priority. He endures wrong stations, missed cabs, a failed MATA booking, and a failing aircraft, recounting gear and insignia as he clings to duty under war era pressure.
The Tex U P Mayor George Barber voided a parking ticket for Doak Walker and his new wife, saying a newly married man arriving with his bride cannot be expected to notice a no parking sign.
Long list of stock quotations with numerous company names and figures from air and rail, chemicals, autos, and consumer goods sectors. The page presents prices and percentage changes for diverse securities including Allied, American, General Electric, Pan Am, Chrysler, Dow, and Texaco among others, reflecting a market summary style.
Kansas City livestock prices show feeding cattle mostly steady with ranges for good fed steers 29.00 to 31.50, heifers 29.50 to 31.00, cows 18.50 to 23.00, bulls and vealers steady, stockers weak. Hogs active under pressure, 50 cents lower on most classes, prices 20.75 to 21.00 for 200-270 lb hogs. sows 17.75 to 20.25. Sheep modestly active, natives not sold, best lambs above 28.25. Chicago market similarly weaker on butchers and sows, cattle 7,500 with calves 500 and slaughter figures continuing.
Rain slowed enrollments in Amarillo College distributive education retail salesmanship course. Dean Joseph Davis said registration will continue this week and through next meeting on Monday Oct 2. Openings exist for home furnishings and decorating class and other college courses as listed.
President Miguel Aleman dedicated a 64 bed civil hospital in Tijuana, naming it for himself, during a tour of northwest Mexico. He also dedicated the Morelos Dam on the Colorado River and several other public works as he traveled toward his ranch near here.
Clifford Thompson, 32, of Clovis, found guilty of driving while intoxicated second offense in 47th District Court. Jury sets one year sentence, suspended during good behavior.
Morning Marine clash halted 10 Communist tanks and halted their progress. Marine medium tanks and bazooka teams knocked out most enemy armor after an all day fight. Allied planes dispersing 2,160,000 pamphlets claimed victory. North Korean divisions trapped behind advancing Allied forces, with heavy losses and dwindling air and ground pressure. First Cavalry Task Force Lynch nears Osan as 24th Division pushes north from Kumchon recapturing Yongdong and expanding control near the old Pusan beachhead as war maps shift rapidly.
Market report shows steers and heifers steady to weak with cows and bulls down up to 25 cents. Wealers hold, with good to choice fed steers priced 29.50 to 32.50 and medium to low good steers 26 to 29.25. Heifers fetch 29.00 to 30.50, lower grades 25.50 to 28.75. cows 22.00 to 24.00 for 800 head, common cows 19.50 to 21.50, canners 15.00 to 19.25. bulls 24.50 to 26.75. vealers 29.00 to 34.00. Sheep 2,500 head, lamb bids down 25 cents, bedding 28.00, west ern lambs 27.50 down, ewes strong, common to choice 12.00 to 15.00, mid to good 13.00 to 14.00.
A Negro man and a Negro woman remained in jail this morning charged in the $7000 burglary of the Tom Connally home at 2000 Julian. Lucilia Robinson, 42, of 310 West Third, is charged with receiving and concealing stolen property, and Frank Elmer Brown, 31, of the rear apartment at 310 West Third, is charged with burglary. Both held on $1000 bond. Loot was recovered at Browns apartment on a tip from the victim, who was away in Lubbock when the break-in occurred Friday night.
The 1,000 gallon pumper worth 150 psi and capable of 1,000 gallons per minute awaits performance tests. Weather delays halted testing yesterday at the Dewey Ashcroft Silver A Ranch site northwest of the city. Fire Chief George Cooper said tests may proceed this afternoon if ground dries.
Robert Hinton, about 26, of Lamar Colp Ohio? no, Oklahoma reformatory inmate, brought to Amarillo to face forgery charges. Indicted June 10, 1949 for passing a 27.50 forged check payable to himself and signed Oran V Reddock at Bert Levy's on May 24, 1949. He is also wanted at Childress on another forgery charge.
Survivors recount a harrowing escape as rescue teams battled fumes and collapsed shafts. Bill Edwards, a volunteer, said it was impossible to approach the underground fire within a mile. An unidentified survivor described fellow men dragging laggards to safety in a race against time. Thirteen men were killed and 116 entombed for two days after a Sept. 8 collapse near New Cumnock, Scotland.
Survivors recounted a violent impact near Kimpo airfield while loading a fighting unit into Seoul. A nurse helped calm passengers and direct them to liferafts, saving many lives. Witnesses recalled sudden, shocking disarray after takeoff and a rough, destructive crash.
By 1960 one in eleven people alive then would have died before reaching old age according to contemporaneous demographic estimates.
In Amarillo 47th District Court the Marion Guinn trial opens with James Farris, a Huntsville inmate, expected to testify about the $6,000 Ideal Food Store burglary on July 22, 1949. Store manager J L Edgar described entry, safegone loot, and damaged currency.
More than twenty Amarillo Woodmen of the World members travel to Dumas to revive the camp inactive for about three years. District manager C. Livingston said the 1941 group will meet at Carpenters Hall at 8 tonight with refreshments after. The Amarillo delegation leaves from 8S L Cook Wheel Alignment at 7 tonight, listing members such as Austin Sneed and S. A. Sipes among others. The Amarillo Camp plans its regular meeting tomorrow night at IOOF Hall on East Fifth.
Abdulla Ben Brahim, a Turkish nightclub performer, was arrested in Bloomfield Hills for drunk driving. He proved sobriety by walking on his hands through the Pontiac police station. The charge was reduced to reckless driving after a guilty plea and a $45 fine.
The first Negro woman named Queen for a Day since April 1945 is Mrs. Cora Richie of Los Angeles age 26. A studio audience selected her yesterday and she will be treated at a night club and movie studio with a chauffeured limousine for a day among other awards.
Senator Chan Gurney of South Dakota says President Truman may appoint him to a military post before year’s end. Former head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gurney leaves the Senate after losing renomination to Representative Case. His name has been tied to Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early’s vacancy.
Prisoner Canfives Mackrall escaped communist capture once and was recaptured in a truck with a North Korean. Freede, wounded by a mortar, survived a machinegun massacre after lying hidden for nine days with North Korean medics finding him. Yongdong 22 miles southeast of Taejon lies on the road toward Taegu. Three Americans endured barley rations and 16 hour sitting shifts. Freede and MacKrall recount near fatal wounds and captured men.
Police searched for a hit and run driver after a car sideswiped Claude E. Adams near 813 North Marrs in the 800 block of North Seminole about 10 oclock last night. Adams, driving south on Seminole, was passed by a south bound car trying to squeeze between two leading vehicles when the third car struck his auto and fled.
A reporter describes 12th day of combat as Marines move between burning buildings near the French consulate. Pershing tanks with 88 mm guns and flame throwers, dozers clear paths while red forces attack with anti tank guns. Citations of Lt. Devine and Captains Stanton and Gross frame a brutal street battle ending with Stalin and Kim Il Sung portraits above flames.
Sophomore representatives to the Amarillo High School Student Council were elected this week and will attend their first meeting tomorrow. The council, about 70 members strong, includes Nancy Adams and Sue Berry among many others. ten councilmen at large will be chosen next week from 173 candidates.
Miss Woodall, after leaving duty at the Sagebrush Inn at 3120 West Sixth, sat she departed in a black Chevrolet. Cecil Killough, owner, said she left around 12 10 this morning with unknown companions.
Viennese police battled Communist rioters who broke through lines and demonstrated in chancellery square. As the crowd surged near the Volksgarten, officers urged protesters to stay off the grass, a rule the Reds briefly abandoned before retreating.
Most of the leading cigarette brands are manufactured in North Carolina, highlighting the state as a central hub for major tobacco production and related industry. The note points to concentration of manufacturing within NC.
A parade of testimonials from Mrs Mabel Kitchen Mr W L Daniels Mrs Ethel Caraway and Mr Harry Springer claim neuritis relief and better health after using Hadacol. They describe reduced aches improved appetite and regained energy following treatment and recommend Hadacol to others.
An advertisement proclaims Hadacol relieves neuritis pain by addressing vitamin deficiencies and mineral intake. It touts rapid absorption, a trial bottle for 1.25 and large size for 3.50, urging readers to buy at their neighborhood drugstore and noting improvement within days.
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